Bihar Cabinet Gives Government Employee Status to 3.5 Lakh Contractual Teachers
NDTV
These 'exclusive teachers' will have to pass competency exams to maintain their status as government employees.
The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday accorded government employee status to around 3.5 lakh contractual teachers of state-run schools, an official said. These ‘exclusive teachers' will have to pass competency exams to maintain their status as government employees, the official added.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar chaired the cabinet meeting.
"After being notified by the state government, these contractual teachers will be regarded as 'exclusive teachers' with the status of government employees. The education department proposed this idea and it has been approved", S Siddharth, additional chief secretary (cabinet secretariat), told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
